And even worse, we've seen worse.He's at the very least presenting it as opinion (very colourfully worded, emotional opinion, he'd make a good news anchor. Maybe he's one already.) But if he gets so upset about stuff he doesn't even use, he's only ruining his own life and his own chances at happiness.I doubt I could change his opinion (I'm no good at changing opinions anyway) so I'd turn up my nose and walk away. I don't think he deserves my time or my words.

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A gentle reminder to everyone else that they're still capable of making up their own minds, then. You're right, they still might deserve your attention. But I don't think this guy does.

The problem with rebuttals is that they're words, just like the original argument. It turns the decision of whether or not to try D2X-XL into a decision of which of these posts these people think is right. And that requires time and critical thinking from those who just want to jump into Descent and have fun. I think their natural inclination will be to ignore a two-sided argument completely and do nothing.You've made a program that speaks for itself. D2X-XL is more polished than any other sourceport of any other game that I've played... I was sold on it from youtube videos and screenshots, and I spent, I think, a year of determination and troubleshooting before I actually got it running. I don't think I could have been convinced to stick it out for a year by words.

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Alter-Fox wrote:...You've made a program that speaks for itself. D2X-XL is more polished than any other sourceport of any other game that I've played... I was sold on it from youtube videos and screenshots...

Well yeah, you certainly have a point Alter. Sometimes and specially nowadays, visuals are more important than words (unfortunately that's why there are also a bunch of people that doesn't bother to pick some book to read in the first place).

That's also why they don't know how to discuss correctly or bring right arguments, as they forgot the real value of words; But, it's true that a good bunch of screenies and videos (as you stated) could make D2X-XL shine all by itself, hopefully dismissing some of the negative reviews we see every now and then.

EDIT: And I would like to add and admit that I do also focus on the visual side of things way too many times, but without dismissing the real value of other things like the words said about a product, the actual quality of the product, and also actually testing or handling said product in action, among other things...

Not to necro, but I have to disagree with his points. Yes, D2X-XL has been crashy during my time using it, but Karx has always been there to help support my bug tickets and ultimately get the issue resolved. I'd almost like to think I helped get the program more bugfree than it already has been while doing my playthrough! But that aside, I will admit that it does take a bit more setup to get XL working as intended with all the bells and whistles than a simple 'install and just play' option like Rebirth. Regardless, if it is at all possible, I'd like people to at least try to attempt getting XL to work before falling back on Rebirth due to hardware constraints or some other computer-based issue that would prevent them from running it.